What is the effect of evoking the Bush-era symbolism of prisoner display and sensory deprivation identified with detainee torture? If this leader was captured by just the Americans, would he have been blindfolded and paraded for the media? Or is the USA still willing to let other countries go where a public relations-oriented White House fears to tread? And, does this high profile "parade" have any relation to the show of force in Marjah or seek any function in countering GOP "soft on terror" attacks?